with $100k coming in, swapping out of Columbia
changea dispatch from
spokane
WA
47.66°N
117.43°W
Spokane is eastern Washington's anchor city, very different from Seattle: drier, sunnier, with the Spokane River tumbling through downtown in actual waterfalls. Riverfront Park (built for the 1974 World's Fair) is the city's living room. Bing Crosby was born here. Mt. Spokane and Coeur d'Alene Lake are nearby. The Bloomsday run every May draws around 40,000 people. Affordable and outdoorsy.
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below Columbia's monthly cost
You'd feel the difference in Spokane. Not life-changing money, but real breathing room next to Columbia.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
2% cheaper than Columbia(vs $1,551/mo)
0%
$542/mo less in state tax than Columbia
vs 6.5% in Columbia
$6,813/mo
$572 more than Columbia
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
65% more expensive than Columbia
vs $255k in Columbia
600k
vs 857k in Columbia
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Columbia gets 189 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 34 days under 20°, vs 2 in Columbia.
1.9× the events of Columbia, and the calendar shows it.
81/100
47% higher than Columbia
vs 55/100 in Columbia
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
7% higher than Columbia
vs 85/100 in Columbia
10
0% fewer than Columbia
vs 10 nonstops in Columbia
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